Dividing Fractions Practice: Contextual Problems
Write and solve an equation. Show all work.
1.
1
A relay race is 10 kilometer long. Four athletes will run an equal
distance to complete the relay. How far does each athlete run?
5
2. Janice is using 6 yard of ribbon to make bows for her party
favors. Janice needs to make 6 bows. What is the length of the
ribbon used for each bow?
7
3. RRR Recycling shreds 8 ton of aluminum each day. The machines
1
can shred 24 ton aluminum per cycle. How many cycles will be
needed to shred the aluminum?
7
7
4. RRR Recycling collected 4 ton of aluminum last Saturday. If 8
3
8. A human has 46 chromosomes. This is 5 4 times
ton of aluminum can be shredded each day, how many days will
it take to process what was collected on Saturday?
5. A box of snack-size cracker packs weighs 28 ½ ounces. Each
snack pack weighs 4 ¾ ounces. How many snack packs are in the
box?
6.
The soccer team has 16 ½ boxes of wrapping paper left to sell.
If each of the 12 players sells the same amount, how many
boxes should each player sell?
2
3
7. The length of a kitchen wall is 24 feet long. A
border will be placed along the wall of the
3
kitchen. If the border comes in strips that are each 1 4 feet long,
how many strips of border are needed?
the number of chromosomes of a fruit fly. Write a
division expression to find how many chromosomes a
fruit fly has.
9.
How many
3
8
pound bags of trail mix can be
3
8
made from 6 pounds of trail mix?
Dividing Fractions Practice: Conceptual Problems
Write and solve an equation. Show all work.
1.
A relay race is
1
10
3
that are each 1 4 feet long, how many strips of border are
needed?
1
÷ 4 = 40 km
The length of a kitchen wall is 24 3 feet long. A border will be
placed along the wall of the kitchen. If the border comes in strips
kilometer long. Four athletes will run an equal
distance to complete the relay. How far does each athlete run?
1
10
2
7.
24
2
3
÷1
3
4
= 15 strips
5
2. Janice is using 6 yard of ribbon to make bows for her party favors.
Janice needs to make 6 bows. What is the length of the ribbon
used for each bow?
5
6
÷6=
5
36
3
8. A human has 46 chromosomes. This is 5 4 times the number of
chromosomes of a fruit fly. Write a division expression to find
how many chromosomes a fruit fly has.
yard
3
4
46 ÷ 5 = 8 chromosomes
7
3. RRR Recycling shred 8 ton of aluminum each day. The machines
can
1
shred 24
ton aluminum per cycle. How many cycles will be
needed to shred the aluminum?
7
8
÷
4.
1
24
7
RRR Recycling collected 4 ton of aluminum last Saturday. If 8 ton
7
÷ 8 = 2 days
5. A box of snack-size cracker packs weighs 28 ½ ounces. Each snack
pack weighs 4 ¾ ounces. How many snack packs are in the box?
28 ½ ÷ 4 ¾ = 6 packs
6.
The soccer team has 16 ½ boxes of wrapping paper left to sell. If
each of the 12 players sells the same amount, how many boxes
should each player sell?
3
16 ½ ÷ 12 = 18 boxes
3
8
3
8
3
pound bags of trail mix can be made from 6 8
pounds of trail mix?
3
8
of aluminum can be shredded each day, how many days will it
take to process what was collected on Saturday?
7
4
How many
6 ÷
= 21 cycles
7
9.
= 17 bags